Automating YugabyteDB xCluster with YBA CLI

				
					#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# --- Config (edit these for your environment) ---
export YBA_APITOKEN="YOUR_API_TOKEN"
SRC_UNI="test-yba-cli-u1"
TGT_UNI="test-yba-cli-u2"
CONFIG_NAME="just-a-test"
TABLE_UUIDS="000034cb-0000-3000-8000-000000004000"   # From: yba universe table list --xcluster-supported-only
STORAGE_CONFIG="dev-backup"

# Optional: if your YBA uses a self-signed cert in a demo/lab:
INSECURE_FLAG="--insecure"

echo "==> Verifying universes exist"
yba universe list $INSECURE_FLAG | grep -E "$SRC_UNI|$TGT_UNI" || {
  echo "One or both universes not found: $SRC_UNI, $TGT_UNI"
  exit 1
}

echo "==> Creating xCluster config \"$CONFIG_NAME\" (progress will display automatically)"
yba xcluster create \
  --name "$CONFIG_NAME" \
  --source-universe-name "$SRC_UNI" \
  --target-universe-name "$TGT_UNI" \
  --table-uuids "$TABLE_UUIDS" \
  --config-type basic \
  --storage-config-name "$STORAGE_CONFIG" \
  $INSECURE_FLAG \
  --wait

echo "==> Listing xCluster configs for confirmation"
yba xcluster list \
  --source-universe-name "$SRC_UNI" \
  --target-universe-name "$TGT_UNI" \
  $INSECURE_FLAG

# Optionally, capture the UUID for later pause/resume/describe calls:
XC_UUID=$(yba xcluster list \
  --source-universe-name "$SRC_UNI" \
  --target-universe-name "$TGT_UNI" \
  $INSECURE_FLAG | awk -v name="$CONFIG_NAME" '$1==name {print $2}')

echo "==> Created xCluster UUID: ${XC_UUID:-unknown}"